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title: 'In the Heat of the Night (1967)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Norman Jewison'
released: '1967-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/in-the-heat-of-the-night-1967'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061811/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# In the Heat of the Night (1967)

1967 · 109 min · Drama, Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American Southern Gothic mystery-drama film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. The film was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Norman Jewison](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-jewison)
- **Screenplay:** [Stirling Silliphant](https://cinepixo.com/people/stirling-silliphant), [John Ball](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ball)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Quincy Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/quincy-jones)
- **Producer:** [Walter Mirisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-mirisch)
- **Director of Photography:** [Haskell Wexler](https://cinepixo.com/people/haskell-wexler)
- **Editor:** [Hal Ashby](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-ashby)

## Cast

- [Larry D. Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-d-mann)
- [Warren Oates](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-oates)
- [Quentin Dean](https://cinepixo.com/people/quentin-dean)
- [Sidney Poitier](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-poitier) as Virgil Tibbs
- [Harry Dean Stanton](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-dean-stanton)
- [Matt Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-clark)
- [Larry Gates](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-gates)
- [Scott Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-wilson)
- [Lee Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-grant)
- [James Patterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-patterson)
- [Rod Steiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/rod-steiger)
- [Beah Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/beah-richards)
- [Alan Oppenheimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-oppenheimer)
- [Peter Masterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-masterson)
- [Arthur Malet](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-malet)

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